ab 32 implementation gp
The AB 32 Implementation Group is a coalition representing some of California's biggest carbon polluters that is working to alter the state's landmark law, AB 32, to curb global warming, while claiming to represent several "green" environmental companies that have since left the coalition after learning of its recent actions.
The AB32 Implementation Group says it represents a broad section of California interests focused on global-warming regulations. The group is being managed by a large public relations firm, Woodward & McDowell. It features photographs of white clouds and a field of flowers on its Web site. The group includes 22 of the state's biggest carbon polluters as ranked by the California Air Resources Board. The list of members includes oil refiners, cement manufacturers, chemical companies and trucking firms.
According to environmentalists and lawmakers, the AB 32 Implementation Committee has engaged in a steady campaign to undermine California's Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, which mandates a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020.[1]
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- Web site: http://www.ab32ig.com/
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- ↑ Ali Winston, California Watch Green firms balk at coalition's lobbying effort, San Francisco Chronicle, January 18, 2010
- Status: Dormant
- Spawned: 2006
- Info: The ironically named group works to kill AB 32. It’s a c4, meaning they don’t have to reveal their funding, but the principle organizations running AB32IG are the California Chamber of Commerce, CMTA and WSPA.
- Contact: @AB32_IG
PDF AB 32 Implementation Group - California Air Resources Board
The AB 32 Implementation Group is a coalition working for the development of cost-effective and technologically feasible regulations to meet the environmental and economic goals of AB 32. We are concerned about the impact of the proposed public health impact analysis (HIA) on the
DATE: June 7, 2010 TO: CARB Cap‐and‐Trade Program Development Team FROM: AB 32 Implementation Group RE: AB 32 IG Comments on Cap‐and‐Trade Proposal ___ The AB 32 Implementation Group is a coalition of business and taxpayers groups working for effective implementation of AB 32. Our goal has been and continues to be to serve as a constructive voice in the implementation of AB 32 and ensure that the greenhouse gas emission reductions required by the statute are achieved while maintaining the competitiveness of California businesses and protecting the interests of consumers and workers. While we offer more detailed comments below on the various aspects of the proposed cap‐and‐trade regulation, we must first express our support for the general direction outlined by staff at the May 17th public workshop. We are pleased to submit the following comments on the May 17th workshop on concepts for a cap‐and‐trade program: Cost Containment/Leakage Over the last two years, the AB 32 Implementation Group has consistently urged that the Scoping Plan and the various AB 32 regulations incorporate cost containment mechanisms that may be necessary to ensure that businesses in California can remain competitive. We are encouraged by the presentation’s focus on addressing cost containment and leakage concerns in the design of the cap‐and‐trade regulation. Avoiding leakage is also important to maintain the environmental integrity of the program. Allocation of Allowances We appreciate the recommendation for a free allocation of allowances as an important cost containment element. This proposed direction reflects sensitivity to current economic problems and reflects one of the important recommendations made by Governor Schwarzenegger in his letter of March 24, 2010 to Chair Mary Nichols. Staff has appropriately proposed limiting the use of an auction for allocating allowances in the early years of the program. Cost containment in the cap‐and‐trade program is critical to ensuring that businesses in California can remain competitive because California companies will be subject to new costs not borne by competitors in other states and countries. An immediate auction for 100% of allowances would impose very high and abrupt costs on the public agencies and companies subject to the program. We will have the same concerns in later compliance periods if California has not transitioned to a comprehensive national program and California companies remain at a competitive disadvantage. Members of the AB 32 Implementation Group represent many companies across a variety of industry sectors and the circumstances for each sector and company differ. We appreciate that